ECHL 2018/19

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The 2018/19 season was ECHL's 31st season . All 27 teams played 72 games each in the regular season, which ran from October 12, 2018 to April 7, 2019. This was followed by the playoffs for the Kelly Cup . The Newfoundland Growlers prevailed against the Toledo Walleye in the playoff finals series and won the Kelly Cup for the first time.

Team changes

The Colorado Eagles left the ECHL and switched to the American Hockey League (AHL) as reigning champions .
The Maine Mariners began playing as a continuation of the Alaska Aces .
The Newfoundland Growlers started playing.
The Quad City Mallards stopped the game.

Regular season

The ECHL teams since the 2018/19 season. Points of the same color correspond to the division into a division.

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = defeat after overtime , SOL = defeat after shootout, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, Pts = points
Explanations: Playoff qualification , Henry Brabham Cup - winner

Eastern Conference

North Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Newfoundland Growlers	72	43	21st	4th	4th	258	207	94
Adirondack Thunder	72	37	26th	6th	3	234	220	83
Manchester monarchs	72	39	29	4th	4th	233	232	82
Brampton Beast	72	36	29	5	2	241	217	79
Reading Royals	72	34	28	4th	6th	229	229	78
Maine Mariners	72	37	32	2	1	221	247	77
Worcester Railers	72	32	29	7th	4th	196	226	75

South Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Florida Everblades	72	50	16	5	1	276	181	106
Orlando Solar Bears	72	41	25th	5	1	251	238	88
South Carolina Stingrays	72	35	31	5	1	221	223	76
Jacksonville Icemen	72	36	32	2	2	198	217	76
Atlanta Gladiators	72	31	30th	8th	3	197	211	73
Norfolk Admirals	72	27	36	6th	3	218	278	63
Greenville Swamp Rabbits	72	25th	41	3	3	192	254	56

Western Conference

Central Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Cincinnati Cyclones	72	51	13	5	3	282	176	110
Toledo Walleye	72	40	23	6th	3	237	221	89
Fort Wayne Comet	72	36	26th	4th	6th	233	248	82
Kalamazoo Wings	72	36	31	2	3	229	254	77
Indy Fuel	72	35	32	2	3	230	247	75
Wheeling Nailers	72	31	31	6th	4th	239	240	72

Mountain Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Tulsa Oilers	72	42	24	4th	2	236	198	90
Idaho steelheads	72	41	25th	4th	2	241	203	88
Utah grizzlies	72	37	26th	4th	5	232	218	83
Kansas City Mavericks	72	36	30th	4th	2	234	228	78
Wichita Thunder	72	29	31	9	3	224	251	70
Rapid City Rush	72	30th	33	5	4th	168	225	69
All Americans	72	25th	41	4th	2	208	269	56

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	+/-	PIM
Jesse Schultz	Cincinnati Cyclones	71	22nd	58	80	+39	20th
Adam Pleskach	Tulsa Oilers	72	38	37	75	+18	74
Chris McCarthy	Reading Royals	72	20th	54	74	–11	23
Caleb Herbert	Utah grizzlies	60	32	39	71	–9	88
David Pacan	Brampton Beast	72	28	42	70	–6	42
James Henry	Adirondack Thunder	72	15th	54	69	+16	63
Zach O'Brien	Newfoundland Growlers	53	28	40	68	+11	6th
Andrew Cherniwchan	South Carolina Stingrays	72	29	38	67	–6	129
Zac Lynch	Wheeling Nailers	67	17th	50	67	-14	100
Myles Powell	Cincinnati Cyclones	57	31	35	66	+45	24

Joe Cox from the Florida Everblades achieved the best plus / minus statistic with a value of +46.

Best goalkeeper

The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the categories conceded goals and catch quota as well as the leaders in the categories shutouts and wins.

Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = overtime defeats, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Bold: Season best

Only goalkeepers who have completed at least 1440 minutes are recorded. Sorted by the best goals against.

player	team	GP	TOI	W.	L.	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Devin Williams	Tulsa Oilers	34	1950	20th	9	4th	69	2	91.6	2.12
Michael Houser	Cincinnati Cyclones	41	2394	29	7th	4th	85	2	92.2	2.13
Tomas Sholl	Idaho steelheads	39	2324	26th	12	1	87	3	92.8	2.25
Evan Buitenhuis	Worcester Railers	28	1518	10	9	3	60	1	92.8	2.37
Sean Bonar	Atlanta Gladiators	48	2742	23	17th	4th	110	4th	91.9	2.41
Mason McDonald	Kansas City Mavericks	36	2174	23	10	1	92	4th	91.7	2.54
Étienne Marcoux	Brampton Beast	38	2138	19th	11	3	92	4th	91.8	2.58
Adam Carlson	Rapid City Rush	45	2601	21st	17th	3	126	4th	91.6	2.91
Matt Tomkins	Indy Fuel	54	3221	29	9	2	163	2	90.5	3.04
Stuart Skinner	Wichita Thunder	41	2260	15th	14th	4th	119	4th	90.3	3.16

Kelly Cup Playoffs

Division semi-finals

Division finals

Conference finals

Kelly Cup Final

N1

Newfoundland Growlers

4th

N4

Brampton Beast

2

N1

Newfoundland Growlers

4th

N3

Manchester monarchs

2

N2

Adirondack Thunder

1

N3

Manchester monarchs

4th

N1

Newfoundland Growlers

4th

S1

Florida Everblades

1

S1

Florida Everblades

4th

S4

Jacksonville Icemen

2

S1

Florida Everblades

4th

S2

Orlando Solar Bears

1

S2

Orlando Solar Bears

4th

S3

South Carolina Stingrays

1

N1

Newfoundland Growlers

4th

C2

Toledo Walleye

2

C1

Cincinnati Cyclones

4th

C4

Kalamazoo Wings

2

C1

Cincinnati Cyclones

1

C2

Toledo Walleye

4th

C2

Toledo Walleye

4th

C3

Fort Wayne Comet

2

C2

Toledo Walleye

4th

M1

Tulsa Oilers

3

M1

Tulsa Oilers

4th

M4

Kansas City Mavericks

3

M1

Tulsa Oilers

4th

M2

Idaho steelheads

2

M2

Idaho steelheads

4th

M3

Utah grizzlies

1

Awards

Awarded trophies

Award	player	team
John Brophy Award Best Trainer	Matt Thomas	Cincinnati Cyclones
ECHL Most Valuable Player Best player of the regular season	Jesse Schultz	Cincinnati Cyclones
Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player Best player of the playoffs	Zach O'Brien	Newfoundland Growlers
ECHL Rookie of the Year Best rookie of the regular season	Chris Collins	Kalamazoo Wings
ECHL Goaltender of the Year Best goalkeeper of the regular season	Michael Houser	Cincinnati Cyclones
ECHL Defenseman of the Year Best Regular Season Defender	Eric Knodel	Cincinnati Cyclones
ECHL Leading Scorer Best scorer of the regular season	Jesse Schultz	Cincinnati Cyclones
ECHL Plus Performer Award Player with the best plus / minus balance	Joe Cox	Florida Everblades
ECHL Sportsmanship Award High sporting standard and exemplary behavior	Zach O'Brien	Newfoundland Growlers
ECHL General Manager of the Year Award Best General Manager of the Season	Rob Murray	Tulsa Oilers
Kelly Cup winner of the ECHL playoffs	Newfoundland Growlers
Henry Brabham Cup Best team of the regular season	Cincinnati Cyclones
EA “Bud” Gingher Memorial Trophy Best team in the Eastern Conference	Newfoundland Growlers
Bruce Taylor Trophy Best Team of the Western Conference	Toledo Walleye

All-star teams

First All-Star Team
Attack:	Caleb Herbert - Adam Pleskach - Jesse Schultz
Defense:	Eric Knodel - Matt Petgrave
Goal:	Michael Houser

Second all-star team
Attack:	Joe Cox - Chris McCarthy - Zach O'Brien
Defense:	Matt Register - Derek Sheppard
Goal:	Tomas Sholl

All-rookie team
Attack:	Chris Collins - Steven Iacobellis - Myles Powell
Defense:	Alex Breton - Derek Sheppard
Goal:	Tomas Sholl

Web links

ECHL 2018/19 on hockeydb.com